I think you maybe have misunderstood the parent (or maybe I did?). They're saying you can't compare an individual's cost to run a model against OpenAI's cost to

I think you maybe have misunderstood the parent (or maybe I did?). They're saying you can't compare an individual's cost to run a model against OpenAI's cost to run it + R&D. Individuals aren't paying for R&D, and that's where most of the cost is.